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In meeting with Turkish FM, Syrian president discusses possibility of NATO strike, says 'I won't need more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets to Golan to fire at Tel Aviv'

Ynet Published: 10.04.11, 19:15 / Israel News

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday threatened to set fire to the Middle East, and especially to Israel, if NATO attacks Syria, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.

In a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Assad said: "If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv."

Davutoglu reportedly conveyed a message of warning from the US to Assad. The Iranian report has not been verified by other sources.

According to the Fars news agency, the Syrian president stressed that Damascus will also call on Hezbollah in Lebanon to launch a fierce rocket and missile attack on Israel, one that Israeli intelligence could never imagine.

Most NATO countries are only marginally less hostile to Israel than the Arabs. Does anyone really expect Germany or France to act on Israeli interests?

NATO won't act, because unlike Libya, Syria has serious air defenses and enough standing forces to put up a real fight. The only NATO member that has the resources to take out Assad, and the transportation capability to get them there, is the US, and Obama isn't about to go there.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.C. S. LewisDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:Ayn Rand

"The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end the people must choose and the people must help themselves" ~ JFK; from his famous inauguration speech (What Democrats sounded like before today's neo-Liberals hijacked that party)

and we know the only reason NATO would attack them is more Israeli bullshit

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Another asinine assumption and completely unfounded opinion by a liberal.

so they are probably a viable target for that retaliation.

Wait! I thought the "retaliation" was Syria after a (fantasy) NATO attack? Would you please take your meds and re-do this mess?

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.C. S. LewisDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:Ayn Rand